US9277065B2 - Facsimile apparatus - Google Patents
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- the present invention provides a facsimile apparatus comprising a first interface configured to connect to a telephone line; a second interface configured to connect to a network, and a controller, wherein the controller is configured to execute: a detection processing in which the controller detects reception of a signal indicating transmission of facsimile data; an obtaining processing in which the controller obtains a reception capability of an upload destination server; a reception processing in which the controller receives facsimile data from a transmission source apparatus through the first interface; and an upload processing in which the controller transmits the facsimile data received in the reception processing to the upload destination server through the second interface, wherein when executing the upload processing, the controller is configured to further execute: a determination processing in which the controller determines, in response to the reception of the signal indicating the transmission of the facsimile data, at least capability information on the basis of the reception capability obtained in the obtaining processing, and a notification processing in which the controller notifies the transmission source apparatus of the capability information determined in the determination processing before the controller starts to receive the facsi
- FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a sequence of the DIS determination processing.
- FIG. 11 illustrates an example of selection information.
- FIG. 2 illustrates a sequence that is executed in the MFP 100 when the FAX transmitted from the FAX apparatus 400 arrives at the MFP 100 in a state in which the upload function of the MFP 100 is valid. That is, FIG. 2 shows a sequence of the upload that is performed between the MFP 100 and the cloud server 300 , in addition to a sequence of transmission and reception of the FAX that is performed between the MFP 100 and the FAX apparatus 400 .
- the sequence of transmission and reception of the FAX is an international standard and only an outline thereof is here described.
- the MFP 100 transmits a CSI (a receiver registration telephone number) after transmitting the DIS, and receives a TSI (a transmitter registration telephone number) after receiving the DCS.
- CSI a receiver registration telephone number
- TSI a transmitter registration telephone number
- the FAX apparatus 400 After checking the communication establishment, the FAX apparatus 400 prepares transmission data on the basis of the established communication settings and transmits the prepared transmission data, as PIX (image data transmission). Further, when the transmission of all data is completed, the FAX apparatus 400 transmits an EOP (a transmission completion notification). When the EOP is received, the MFP 100 sends back an MFC (a normal reception notification). Further, when the FAX apparatus 400 transmits a DON (a line disconnection instruction), the line is disconnected. Thereby, the transmission and reception of the FAX is completed.
- EOP transmission completion notification
- MFP 100 sends back an MFC (a normal reception notification).
- MFC a normal reception notification
- DON a line disconnection instruction
- the MFP 100 is connected to the cloud server 300 and uploads the FAX data received from the FAX apparatus 400 to the cloud server 300 .
- the connection sequence is unnecessary.
- the conversion processing is executed.
- the MFP 100 may request the conversion server 200 to convert the FAX data and receive and upload the converted data.
- the MFP 100 disconnects the connection with the cloud server 300 .
- the DIS which is notified to the transmission source apparatus of the FAX data from the reception-side apparatus of the FAX in advance of the transmission and reception of the FAX between the MFP 100 and the FAX apparatus 400 , is described.
- the DIS is a digital identification signal for notifying a maximum reception capability of the reception-side apparatus to the transmission source apparatus, and a meaning indicated by each bit of the DIS is defined by the international standards.
- the reception-side apparatus is a FAX apparatus
- a signal in which flags such as a printable sheet size, a processable resolution and the like in the reception-side FAX apparatus are set and combined is notified to a FAX apparatus of a transmission source, as the DIS.
- An apparatus having a FAX communication function such as the MFP 100 has therein the DIS information in advance.
- the MFP 100 of this illustrative embodiment is connected to the cloud server 300 and has the upload function of uploading the received FAX data to the cloud server 300 , as described above.
- the upload technology of the FAX data to a server is appropriate to computerization of FAX data and uniform management of the FAX data, for example.
- the processing capability information of the cloud server 300 is information about a data processing capability of the cloud server 300 . For instance, a processable resolution and a processable data format of the cloud server 300 may be exemplified. Further, when the conversion server 200 can be used, a conversion capability of the conversion server 200 also corresponds to the processing capability information. The processing capability information does not change over time.
- the MFP 100 is preferably configured to obtain in advance the processing capability information of the cloud server 300 and to store the same in the database.
- the situation information is information about a variety of situations relating to the communication between the MFP 100 and the cloud server 300 .
- respective information of a free capacity of a storage unit of the cloud server 300 , an operating load of the MFP 100 , an error occurrence probability between the MFP 100 and the cloud server 300 , and a communication speed between the MFP 100 and the cloud server 300 may be exemplified. Since the situation information changes depending on the situations, it is preferable to obtain the situation information from the cloud server 300 by the communication therebetween periodically or each time the MFP 100 receives the FAX.
- the MFP 100 determines a part of the items of the DIS, based on at least one of the processing capability information and situation information of the cloud server 300 .
- the items of the DIS include a variety of resolutions, a variety of image sizes, a data format, a color setting and the like, and the reception capability of each of the items is indicated by a value of a corresponding one of bits. That is, the DIS is a signal in which the respective bite indicating the capability information are set and combined on the basis of the respective reception capabilities of the items.
- the MFP 100 converts the information obtained from the cloud server 300 to determine the respective bits of the DIS, thereby determining the DIS conforming to the existing format.
- the MFP 100 is configured to store contents of the obtained information and the items of the DIS determined based on the information in a table as illustrated in FIG. 3 .
- bit numbers of the DIS are indicated in a first column
- respective items of data indicated by the bits are indicated in a second column
- classifications of the respective items are indicated in a third column.
- the uppermost information has a content described in a second line
- a determination result of each bit of the DIS is indicated in a vertical column. Meanwhile, in FIG.
- FIG. 3 illustrated an example of a part of the table. More tables are prepared in the MFP 100 , depending on types of the information obtained from the cloud server 300 and contents thereof. Also, the DIS includes items not illustrated in FIG. 3 , for example, a data signal rate, a double-sided print capability and the like.
- first to eighth processing is individually described as regards each type of the information that is considered in the MFP 100 .
- the MFP 100 can execute at least one processing of the first to eighth processing and is configured to select and execute one or more executable processing.
- the processing may be executed sequentially or in parallel.
- the first to eighth processing that is described in the below is executed by the CPU 31 when the upload function is valid and the MFP 100 detects the arrival of the signal indicting the transmission of the FAX.
- the MFP 100 determines an item of the DIS, which has not been determined yet, on the basis of the capability of the MFP 100 . Thereby, the MFP 100 can determine all the items of the DIS.
- the MFP 100 determines the DIS
- the MFP 100 notifies the determined DIS to the FAX apparatus 400 , which is the transmission source apparatus, in accordance with the sequence of the transmission and reception of the FAX described above. That is, each DIS determination processing is an example of the determination processing, and the sequence of notifying the determined DIS is an example of the notification processing.
- the MFP 100 first obtains the information of the cloud server 300 (S 101 ).
- the information obtained in S 101 is the processing capability information and the situation information, which have been described above, and includes at least information of a free capacity of the storage area configured to store therein the FAX data, in this illustrative embodiment.
- the free capacity may a physical free capacity of the storage area of the cloud server 300 or a logical free capacity of an area allotted for FAX data.
- the MFP 100 determines whether the free capacity obtained in S 101 is greater than a preset capacity threshold (S 102 ). When it is determined that the free capacity is greater than the capacity threshold (S 102 : YES), the MFP 100 does not limit a capability about a data amount of the image data in the DIS. Specifically, the MFP 100 sets a resolution capability of the DIS to the maximum (S 104 ). Then, the MFP 100 sets an image size of the DIS to the maximum (S 105 ). Then, the MFP 100 sets a color setting of the DIS to a color (S 106 ) and ends the DIS determination processing. In the meantime, the processing sequence of S 104 to S 106 may be an arbitrary sequence.
- the MFP 100 limits a capability about a data amount of the image data in the DIS to prevent a memory full. Specifically, the MFP 100 sets a resolution capability of the DIS to a resolution except a maximum resolution (S 108 ). Then, the MFP 100 sets an image size of the DIS to an image size except for a maximum size (S 109 ). Then, the MFP 100 limits a color setting of the DIS to a monochrome (S 110 ) and ends the DIS determination processing.
- the processing sequence of S 108 to S 110 may be an arbitrary sequence.
- the MFP 100 may execute only a part of S 108 to S 110 and may execute at least one processing, each corresponding to S 104 to S 106 , each corresponding to the rest of S 108 to S 110 .
- the limiting extent in S 108 , S 109 and S 110 may be predetermined values or may be determined on the basis of the free capacity of the cloud server 300 .
- the free capacity of the server when the free capacity of the server is ‘large’, high-resolution data can be received.
- the item ‘resolution: 1200 ⁇ 1200 pixels/25.4 mm’ of a 106th bit of the DIS and the like are set to ‘ ⁇ ’.
- the item and the like are set to ‘x’.
- the free capacity of the server is ‘large’, the item ‘image size: recording width capability’ of 17th and 18th bits of the DIS is set to ‘255’, and when the free capacity of the server is ‘small’, the corresponding item is set to ‘215’.
- the MFP 100 determines the DIS on the basis of the free capacity of the cloud server 300 . That is, when the free capacity of the cloud server 300 is large, the MFP 100 receives data including information as much as possible, without limiting the data amount. On the other hand, when the free capacity of the cloud server 300 is not large, the MFP 100 limits a data amount to be received by the cloud server 300 so that it is small. That is, the MFP 100 notifies the FAX apparatus 400 , which is the transmission source apparatus of the FAX, of the DIS in which the reception capability of the cloud server 300 , which is the upload destination, is added to the reception capability of the MFP 100 . Thereby, it is possible to expect the reception of maximum information through the communication with the cloud server 300 while avoiding the memory full.
- a sequence of a second processing of the DIS determination processing of determining the DIS on the basis of the capability information of the cloud server 300 is described with reference to a flowchart of FIG. 5 .
- the second processing is different from the first processing, in that the DIS is determined so that the data conversion processing is unnecessary as much as possible.
- the same parts as the first processing are denoted with the same reference numerals and the descriptions thereof are omitted.
- the MFP 100 first obtains the information of the cloud server 300 (S 101 ).
- the information obtained in S 101 is the processing capability information described above and includes at least a data format and a resolution that can be processed by the cloud server 300 .
- the MFP 100 determines whether the cloud server 800 can process image data of a JPEG format (S 201 ).
- the MFP 100 can upload the received data to the cloud server 300 without converting the same by enabling the FAX apparatus 400 to transmit the FAX data of a JPEG format, if possible.
- the processable format of the server is ‘JPEG’ or ‘PDF’
- an item ‘format: JPEG code’ of a 68th bit of the DIS is set to ‘ ⁇ ’ and when the processable format is ‘the FAX data’, the corresponding item is set to ‘x’.
- ‘ ⁇ ’ is a symbol for OK and ‘x’ is a symbol for NG.
- the MFP 100 determines whether the cloud server 300 can process the image data of a maximum resolution within a range of the transmission and reception standards of the FAX (S 205 ).
- the MFP 100 sets a resolution item of the items of the data format of the DIS to a ‘maximum resolution’ (S 206 ).
- the DIS includes flap indicating resolutions of a plurality of levels.
- the MFP 100 sets the maximum resolution of the items of the data format of the DIS to ‘not possible’ (S 207 ) and ends the DIS determination processing.
- a sequence of a third processing of the DIS determination processing of determining the DIS which is performed when the conversion server 200 configured to convert the image data is used, is described with reference to a flowchart of FIG. 6 .
- the DIS determination processing of the third processing is different from the first processing, in that the DIS is determined on condition that the conversion server 200 can be used.
- the same parts as the first processing are denoted with the same reference numerals and the descriptions thereof are omitted.
- the MFP 100 first obtains the information of the cloud server 300 (S 101 ). In this processing, the MFP 100 further obtains the information of the conversion server 200 (S 501 ).
- the information of the conversion server 200 includes information indicating whether the conversion server 200 is available and information about a conversion capability of the conversion server 200 , for example.
- As the conversion capability of the conversion server 200 processable data format, image size and resolution may be exemplified.
- the MFP 100 determines whether the conversion server 200 is currently available, based on the information obtained in S 301 (S 302 ). For example, when it is determined that the conversion server 200 cannot be used due to communication incapability with the conversion server 200 , operation shutdown of the conversion server 200 and the like (S 302 : NO), the MFP 100 does not add the conversion capability of the conversion server 200 to the DIS. That is, the MFP 100 determines the DIS in which the reception capability of the cloud server 300 is added to the reception capability of the MFP 100 by using the first and second processings (S 305 ).
- the MFP 100 determines the DIS on the basis of the conversion capability of the conversion server 200 when the conversion server 200 is available. That is, the MFP 100 notifies the FAX apparatus 400 , which is a transmission source apparatus of the FAX, of the DIS in which the conversion capability of the conversion server 200 is added to the reception capability of the MFP 100 .
- the MFP 100 determines the DIS on the basis of the capability of the MFP 100 . Therefore, it is possible to effectively use the capability of the conversion server 200 . In the meantime, it may be possible to add the reception capability of the cloud server 300 , irrespective of whether the conversion server 200 is available.
- the fourth processing is different from the first processing, in that a situation of the MFP 100 is considered.
- the same parts as the first processing are denoted with the same reference numerals and the descriptions thereof are omitted.
- the MFP 100 first obtains the information of the cloud server 300 (S 101 ). In this processing, the MFP 100 further obtains information about a situation of the MFP 100 (S 401 ). Specifically, the information about a level of an operating load of the MFP 100 is obtained. The level of the operating load can be determined on the basis of an average operation rate of the CPU 31 within a predetermined time period and the number of processes being operating, for example. Then, the MFP 100 determines whether the obtained operating load is higher than a preset load threshold (S 402 ).
- the MFP 100 ends the DIS determination processing while determining that the DIS will be determined in the other DIS determination processing, without particularly considering the operating load (S 305 ).
- the MFP 100 determines the DIS so that a data processing amount in the MFP 100 becomes small (S 406 ), and ends the DIS determination processing.
- the MFP 100 limits at least one item of the resolution, the image size and the color processing capability, for example, and determines the DIS.
- the MFP 100 limits at least one item of the resolution among the resolution item to a resolution except the maximum resolution, the image size to an image size except for the maximum size and the color setting to a monochrome and determines the DIS.
- the MFP 100 permits only a data format, which is not necessary to convert in the MFP 100 , and determines the DIS.
- the MFP 100 determines the DIS on the basis of the level of the operating load of the MFP 100 . That is, the MFP 100 determines the DIS so that a processing amount becomes small in the MFP 100 when the operating load of the MFP 100 is high.
- the MFP 100 determines the DIS by adding the reception capability of the cloud server 300 , which is the upload destination, to the reception capability of the MFP 100 . That is, the MFP 100 notifies the FAX apparatus 400 , which is the transmission source apparatus of the FAX, of the DIS in which the level of the operating load of the MFP 100 is added to the reception capability of the MFP 100 or other apparatus.
- the DIS determination processing of the fifth processing is different from the first processing, in that the DIS is determined, considering the situations of the MFP 100 and cloud server 300 .
- the same parts as the first processing are denoted with the same reference numerals and the descriptions thereof are omitted.
- the MFP 100 first obtains the information of the cloud server 300 (S 101 ). In this processing, the MFP 100 further obtains the information about an error occurrence probability between the MFP 100 and the cloud server 300 (S 501 ). Then, the MFP 100 determines whether the obtained error occurrence probability is higher than a preset probability threshold (S 502 ). In the meantime, a level of the error occurrence probability can be determined on the basis of an occurrence situation of a communication error and an error occurrence situation of an access authority and a using authority from the MFP 100 to the cloud server 300 , for example.
- the MFP 100 ends the DIS determination processing while determining that the DIS will be determined in the other DIS determination processing, without particularly considering the error occurrence probability (S 305 ).
- the MFP 100 determines a possibility that an error will occur during the upload of the received FAX data to the cloud server 300 . That is, when an error occurs, since it is not possible to upload the FAX data to the cloud server 300 , it is preferable to receive the FAX data that can be processed in the MFP 100 . Therefore, the MFP 100 determines the DIS, based on the reception capability of the MFP 100 (S 505 ).
- the MFP 100 determines all items of the DIS on the basis of the capability of the MFP 100 so that the processing of storing the FAX data in the MFP 100 , printing the FAX data with the MFP 100 and the like can be performed. After S 505 , the MFP 100 ends the DIS determination processing.
- the MFP 100 determines the DIS, based on the error occurrence probability between the MFP 100 and the cloud server 300 . That is, when the error occurrence probability is high, the MFP 100 determines the DIS so that the FAX data, which can be processed in the MFP 100 , can be received. That is, the MFP 100 notifies the DIS in which the reception capability of the cloud server 300 is added to the reception capability of the MFP 100 , depending on the level of the error occurrence probability. Therefore, even when the FAX data cannot be uploaded to the cloud server 300 due to an error, the FAX data can be processed in the MFP 100 . For example, a possibility that the FAX data will be stored or printed in the MFP 100 is high.
- the MFP 100 may connect to the cloud server 300 in S 501 to determine whether the connection is possible. Thereby, the MFP 100 can further acquire the information indicating whether the connection between the MFP 100 and the cloud server 300 is possible.
- the MFP 100 preferably executes S 505 , like the case where the error occurrence probability is high.
- the sixth processing is different from the first processing, in that the communication speed between the MFP 100 and the cloud server 300 is considered.
- the same parts as the first processing are denoted with the same reference numerals and the descriptions thereof are omitted.
- the MFP 100 ends the DIS determination processing while determining that the DIS will be determined in the other DIS determination processing, without particularly considering the communication speed (S 305 ).
- the MFP 100 determines the DIS so that a capability value thereof is limited, as compared to the capability of the cloud server 300 (S 605 ), and ends the DIS determination processing. Specifically, the MFP 100 limits the capabilities of the resolution, image size and color processing capability items so that the data amount to be uploaded to the cloud server 300 becomes small, and determines the DIS. For example, the MFP 100 executes the same processing as S 108 to S 110 of the first processing.
- the MFP 100 determines the DIS, based on the communication speed between the MFP 100 and the cloud server 300 . That is, when the communication speed is slow, the MFP 100 determines the DIS so that the data amount to be uploaded is limited. That is, the MFP 100 notifies the DIS in which the reception capability of the cloud server 300 is added to the reception capability of the MFP 100 , depending on the level of the communication speed. Therefore, it is possible to reduce an influence on the other devices due to the communication delay. Thus, even when the upload to the cloud server 300 is delayed, a possibility that a problem will occur in the operation of the MFP 100 is low.
- the seventh processing is processing of determining information to be considered of the capabilities of the cloud server 300 , based on the selection information set in the MFP 100 . That is, this processing is executed in combination with one or more processing of the first to sixth processing.
- the MFP 100 first obtains the selection information set in the MFP 100 (S 701 ).
- the selection information is information as the capability information of the cloud server 300 for selecting a type of the information to be obtained before the reception of the FAX.
- the information which is a target of the selection, includes the free capacity of the cloud server 300 , the connection admission/denial, the communication speed and the processing capability, for example.
- the MFP 100 determines whether or not to obtain the respective information, based on the selection information.
- the MFP 100 receives a setting of the selection information input by a user on a screen illustrated in FIG. 12 , for example, at a timing at which the processing such as the transmission and reception of the FAX is not executed.
- the selection information is preset for each cloud server 300 , which is used as the upload destination, and is stored in the MFP 100 .
- FIG. 11 examples of the respective selection information corresponding to three levels of the reliability are illustrated.
- the corresponding information when the corresponding information is obtained, it is denoted with ‘ ⁇ ’ and when the corresponding information is not obtained, it is denoted with ‘x’.
- the reliability on the success of the upload is increased.
- the processing sequence since the processing sequence is increased, the processing load is increased.
- the MFP 100 in which the setting of the high reliability is selected obtains all the information of the free capacity of the cloud server 300 , the connection admission/denial, the communication speed and the processing capability.
- the MFP 100 in which the setting of the low reliability is selected obtains only the information about the connection admission/denial with the cloud server 300 .
- the MFP 100 obtains the respective information of the cloud server 300 , based on the obtained selection information (S 702 ). That is, the information of the cloud server 300 obtained in S 702 is information that is set to be obtained as the selection information. Within a range that can be determined with the obtained information, the MFP 100 executes at least one of the first to sixth processing (S 705 ) to thus determine the DIS.
- the MFP 100 having the setting of ‘low’ reliability obtains only the information about the connection admission/denial with the cloud server 300 and executes only the fifth processing (refer to FIG. 8 ) considering the error occurrence probability. That is, when the connection is possible, the MFP 100 determines that the error occurrence probability is low, and determines that the DIS will be determined in the other DIS determination processing (S 305 ). On the other hand, when the connection is not possible, the MFP 100 determines that the error occurrence probability is high, and determines the DIS on the basis of the capability of the MFP 100 (S 505 ). In the meantime, the DIS of each case may be beforehand determined and stored in the MFP 100 .
- the MFP 100 selects the type of the reception capability of the cloud server 300 to be obtained, based on the setting of the MFP 100 . For example, it may be selected that the obvious capability and fixed capability of the reception capabilities of the cloud server 300 are not to be obtained. Therefore, it is possible to expect the reception of the appropriate FAX data while suppressing the increase in the processing load resulting from obtaining of the reception capability.
- the type of the capability to be obtained and the type of the setting to be selected are not limited to the above exemplified types and may be two or more types, respectively.
- the eighth processing is different from the first processing, in that the FAX data is transmitted to the FAX apparatus or printer, rather than uploaded to the cloud server 300 .
- the MFP 100 first obtains the information of the transmission destination apparatus (S 801 ).
- the information is not limited to the cloud server 300 and may be the information of the transmission destination FAX apparatus or printer.
- the MFP 100 obtains, as the information of the transmission destination apparatus, a current error situation such as a toner error, a sheet error and the like. Then, the MFP 100 determines whether an error occurs in the transmission destination apparatus (S 803 ).
- the MFP 100 determines the DIS, based on the information of the transmission destination apparatus (S 805 ). In the meantime, the MFP 100 may determine the DIS by adding the capability of the MFP 100 to the information of the transmission destination apparatus. On the other hand, when it is determined that an error occurs in the transmission destination apparatus (S 803 : YES), the MFP 100 determines the DIS, based on the information of the MFP 100 (S 806 ).
- the capability information of the transmission destination FAX apparatus is obtained from the communication history and transmitted and received.
- the current situations of the FAX apparatus are not considered. For example, when the transmission destination apparatus is a FAX apparatus or printer and the error such as the toner error and the sheet error occurs in the apparatus, there is a possibility that the data cannot be transmitted.
- the MFP 100 can perform the processing of appropriately determining the DIS even when the data is transmitted to the FAX apparatus or printer. That is, the MFP 100 determines the DIS on the basis of the reception capability of the MFP 100 or reception capability of the transmission destination apparatus, depending on whether an error occurs in the transmission destination apparatus. Therefore, even though the error occurs in the transmission destination apparatus when the FAX data is received in the MFP 100 , a possibility that a problem occurs in the operation of the MFP 100 is low.
- the MFP 100 of this processing has the upload function of uploading the FAX data received from the FAX apparatus 400 and the like to the cloud server 300 . If the upload function is valid, when the arrival of the signal indicating the transmission of the FAX is detected, the MFP 100 obtains the reception capability of the cloud server 300 , determines the DIS on the basis of the obtained capability and notifies the determined DIS to the FAX apparatus 400 , which is the transmission source. Therefore, it is possible to expect the reception of the FAX data suitable for the capability of the cloud server 300 . Thereby, when uploading the received FAX data to the other apparatus, it is possible to expect the favorable communication with the corresponding apparatus.
- the present invention is not limited to the MFP and can be applied to a copier, a FAX apparatus and the like having functions of receiving and uploading FAX data.
- the various thresholds for classifying the free capacity of the cloud server 300 , the operating load of the MFP 100 , the error occurrence probability and the level of the communication speed are not limited to one level and the thresholds having a plurality of levels may be provided. Also, the receivable range may be changed depending on the level of the obtained situation. Also, the determination contents of the respective items of the DIS illustrated in FIG. 3 are exemplary. That is, only the parts of the items may be determined and the more items may be determined.
- the MFP 100 completes the transmission and reception of the FAX data and is then connected to the cloud server 300 .
- the connection timing is not limited thereto and may be arbitrary.
- the connection may be made upon the arrival the signal indicating the transmission of the FAX or before the arrival the signal indicating the transmission of the FAX.
- the MFP 100 uploads the data.
- the present invention is not limited thereto when the conversion server 200 is used.
- the conversion server 200 may be enabled to upload the data to the cloud server 300 .
- the cloud server 300 is the upload destination server.
- the present invention is not limited thereto.
- the present invention can be also applied to a configuration where the data is uploaded to a FAX apparatus, a printer, a single PC and the like.
- processing described in the illustrative embodiment may be executed by the hardware such as a single CPU, a plurality of CPUs, an ASIC and the like or a combination thereof. Also, the processing described in the illustrative embodiment can be implemented in a variety of aspects such as a recording medium having a program for executing the processing recorded therein, a method and the like.
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